15th Century

Breaker of Bones

By David Penny - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

The last few chapters of this novel will have you gripped! A serial killer is on the loose in Queen Isabel and King ...Read Review

Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind

By Anne Charnock - Published 2015

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Charnock’s novel tells three parallel stories, one set in the past, one in the present, and one in the future. In 15th-century ...Read Review

The Battle of Agincourt

By Anne Curry - By Malcolm Mercer - Published 2015

Genres:

MilitaryNonfiction

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . .” One of Shakespeare’s most rousing speeches is declaimed by King Henry V in ...Read Review

Alba Rosa Foe

By Dana Arpquest - Published 2016

Genres:

Romance

“Alys arrives in England in the heart of the war of the Cousins and is to become a white Rose of York, however ...Read Review

Knight of Her Dreams

By Alyssa James - Published 2016

Genres:

Romance

The Hundred Years War. Lady Marguerite, countess of Besancon arrives at the headquarters of Henry V in northern France seeking protection from Sir ...Read Review

Journeys into the New World

By Jay Prasad - Published 2015

Genres:

AdventureNautical

Jay Prasad, in Journeys into the New World, very effectively uses a few different, converging narrative devices in support of one main goal: ...Read Review

Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St. Olaf’s Church

By Adam Cullen (trans.) - By Indrek Hargla - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Tallinn, capital of Estonia, in 1409, a serial killer appears to be in the midst of the townspeople – merchants, brewmasters, engineers – and one ...Read Review

Blood and Roses

By Catherine Hokin - Published 2016

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Beginning at the start of the Wars of the Roses, Blood and Roses focuses on and is in part narrated by Margaret of ...Read Review

Portrait of a Conspiracy: Da Vinci’s Disciples, Book 1

By Donna Russo Morin - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Renaissance Florence, revenge rules supreme, and the feud between the powerful Medici and Pazzi families colors nearly every aspect of life. When ...Read Review

Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation

By David Horspool - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

Though he only reigned for two years, Richard III has always been one of England’s most notorious monarchs. Villainized by Shakespeare as ...Read Review